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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
OFFICE OF
PROBATE JUDGE,
STARK COUNTY.
j. P. FAwCETT, Probate Judge.
CANTON, o.; Oct. IS, 1887.

DEAR SIR:-- AS you are
aware, am a candidate for Probate
Judge. May / ask you to secure me at
least one if not two votes from the. OPP
posite parties2 This is an easy matter
for you to do. If you do, l believe my
election sure. Thanking you in adj
vance for this kindness, am,
Resp't. Yours,
~ j. p. FAwCETT.
Z BY sending out many Of the above
letters, Judge Fawcett expects to take
the advantage Of Mr.. Sponseller in a
sly and secret way. Democrats and
The friends Of Mr.. sponscller should be-
on the lookout for any advantage that
.rnav be farer by raid lcttc-T
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03

BEwAng of roorhacks on the eve of
'ett's- anT VOC the Democratic
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
EXCEL LALLCOMPETITlON
Mems Qnd Boys Clothing

Yet what is worthy to be admired is the way the
CANTON ONE PRICE CLOTHING CO. hammered the price down while
they kept up the qualities and elevated the styles The
marvellous and exquisite assortment of Merchandise
and it's uniformly Low Prices This is the attraction that
draws the crowds to their stores every day. yet never
than will be the case The very best goods for the least
money is what you will find every shelf and counters,
You help getting bargain that will crafty you.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
THE GALL OF 1T.

JUDGE FAwCETT fearing that his
cause is a hopeless one, has sent out
hundreds of letters to his Republican
friends in the county, calling upon them
to secure him at least one, if not two
votes, from the opposite parties. The
Judge has the name of being a shrewd
politician, but with all his political sa-
gacity in carrying on this secret work,
one of these letters miscarried and ac-
cidentally drifted into the Democratic
headquarters. Following is copy Of
the letter:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
-T7H a
REVOLUTION OF DRESS

has also brought about Revolution of prices The truth
is the people have become sensible they think before
they part with their money; they examine garment
carefully before they buy it, the quality must be there;
the workmanship is taken in considerations the t plays
and everything stands that great factor in the CONNER
cial World The prices is fact we'll known to every
man. woman and child in Stark County that in each of
these particulars the Canton One Price Clothing
Company
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-11-03
SENATORIAL TICKET.

For State Senator,
JOHN MCBRIDE, Of Stark.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
Ehe Gentle Hand.

Roscoe Conkling sat in a New York
theatre the other evening. A hand was
laid on his shoulder from behind. 1t
belonged to a certain highly-fashiona-
BILE matron of his acquaintance, but it
was a large organ, notwithstanding that
it had never done any labor. eyes,
sir, said Conkling, installing it for the
hand of man. Then his eye fell on
the feminine sleeve attached to it, and
he confusedly murmured, 81 beg your
pardon.
sob, no offence, assure you," the
lady good humorediy responded.
Mr.. Conkling then said: ''This re-
minds me of an actual case in which a
mistake in the gender of hand brought
about divorce suit. A wife had a
large hand, and it happened one even
ing that she sat with her husband and
several others ON a rural veranda. The
husband was smoking a cigarette, and
as it was very dark indeed, the wife
took it from him for u surreptitious
Whit. Now right alongside the couple,
sat a Irritation girl. She and the man
were on sentimental terms, but until
now quite unknown to the woman. The
well-develOped hand of the wife, with
the cigarette, CHANGED to swing into
contact with that of the girl, who took
hold Of it, thought from its size it was
the husband S felt convinced of it by
the cigarette and thereupon pressed it
to her lips, rapturiously believing that
she was that she was taking safe op-
portunity of the darkness. The eyes of
the wife were opened, metaphorically if
not physically; she watched the pair for
Il few days, and an action for a divorce
was soon instituted"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
A HINT TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
Burglars, Keys and Servant Girls

Detective Walling, of New York, in
his new book, comments as follows on
burglars and keys and servant girls:
To the uninitiated it may seem to be
almost an impossibility in some cases
for burglars to gain impressions of the
keys of large store, for instance. But
there is nothing easier or simpler, HAY
ing selected the store to be robbed, the
rascals will first attempt to fit a key to
the door from their own stock IN trade.
If they succeed there will be no further
trouble. If not, they will watch for the
opening of the store in the morning by
the clerk or porter, and follow him as If
in great hurry to buy some small art1-
Gle. 1t happens ten times out OF twelve
that the clerk lays his bunch of keys
down on the counter while he goes for
the article required. A lump of wax,
kept handy for the purpose, disposes OF
that little matter in a trice, and the key
is made at leisure. But suppose the
clerk should place the key on desk in
side tho office? Even that is difficulty
easily surmounted. The thief very po
htely asks leave of the clerk to address
a few letters which he is DESTROYS of
mailing Immediately.
Certainly, sir, says the unsuspici-
GUS clerk, bowling his customer into the
office. With the wax in his hand the
thief accomplishes his work in a second:
1t is queer, though, that people will
nearly always furnish their front doors
and windows with I'LL the most fOrmid-
able bolts, bars and locks, while they
will leave the back entrances to their
buildings almost entirely rnguarded.
This is just what the burglar wants.
He doesn't care to "work'' on the front
street. The rear of the building is
more secluded, and the thief is less
liable to interruption. Should the door
prove too formidable an obstacle, the
window is frequently pried open with
an ingeniously constructed Jimmy.
Still another way is for the burglar to
gain admission to house or store in the
daytime, and conceal himself in some
unoccupied room until dark. Then he
energies from his hiding place and ran
sacks the place at his own sweet will.
Servant girls are often in league with
thieves, and make things easy for their
confederates by admitting them into
houses after the family has retired to
rest
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08

peal on behalf of this infant for the res
tltution of all the deceased saints pos
thumous honors.
For years Indian arrowheads have
been found in such numbers on the
shores of Bantam Lake, in Connecticut,
that antiquarians thought that a battle
must have been fought there once. Re
Gently workers digging there found cor
roboratiOn of the battle theory in the
form of bones of men mingled with rare
Indian weapons. Apparently the men
had been buried i'll a sitting posture,
and one grave, by its unusually large
collection of weapons, indicated that its
occupant had been a chief or mighty
warrior.
A LAD in Pasadena, Cal, was advised
by his physician to dig in the earth as a
way of ex rcise and lettering his health.
He followed the advice, and now has a
well over 100 feet deep on his fathers
lot. He dug every shovel full of the earth
himself. and with his own hands car
ried it all from the bottom of the well to
the surface.
The worst enemy of the California
tarantula is a big insect, something like
a wasp, only much larger, which at
tacks the monster spider whenever it
sees him. Almost invariably these
wasps sting the tarantula to death in a
short time, and then tear the body in
pieces and carry it away.
KANSAS is trying to encourage silk
production and has, by act of Legisla-
ture, established station where eggs
will be distributed and reelers educated
Ten acres have been set out with null
berry trees and fifteen reels are now
running, producing, it is said, excellent
silk.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
A Fountain of Naphtha.

A Russian newspaper, the Caspian,
gives details of the extraordinary out
burst of naphtha in the Baku region.
The naphtha, owing to the pressure of
the gases which accompany it, rises to
a height of from two hundred and
eighty feet to four hundred and twenty
feet, and is carried by the wind to q
great distance, falling like rain at the
more distant parts of the district, but
near the fountain coming down in tor
rents that form rivers and streamlets.
Farther on it falls like sleet, and settles
in layer on the buildings in the neigh
borhood. These naphtha rivers flow
for distance of more than half a mile,
and pass through wells, works, reser-
voirs and inhabited houses, etc. I'm
fortunately all the reservoirs in the
neighborhood were full when the foun-
tain broke out, and the oil was thus
wasted. Owing to the stiffness of the
atmosphere, at one time the gases
which accompany the naphtha spread
in heavy layer for more than two hun
bred and eighty yards, filling the houses
and placing the inhabitants in q most
dangerous position, especially at night
when fires were it, The sand and dust
thrown up by the fountain form hill
of considerable size, and have buried
the boiler-house of the mining COM
pany's works and all buildings in close
proximity to the fountain. There is no
doubt that any exposed flame would
set the whole district, from the mining
company's works to the Sabounchi rail
way station, in one blaze. Many efforts
have been made to stop the fountain,
but all proved unavailing, for after five
or six hours the fountain would again
burst forth with all its former vigor.
For some days the fountain has been
left to play without hindrance, and has
increased in power. Thanks also to a
strong and changing wind, the naphtha
has been scattered i'll every direction,
turning the whole district into petro-
leum swamp. The naphtha pours from
the roofs of the houses, on to which
also fall the earth and stones carried up
by the oil.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
Living Fish Swimming in Oil.

A letter from the town of Albert Lea,
MINI, to the New York Sun says that
while two men in the employ of a Mr.
Hazard were digging at the base of a
small hill they noticed a sudden increase
in the oily deposit of small stream
They dug into what seemed to be nat
ural basin in cleft formed by two large
rocks. The excavation made was rapid
ly filled with a thin, yellowish oil, and
after the hole had been cleared of debris
it filled quite rapidly with oil, VIII Oh
spouted in thin jets from the sides of the
basin.
A blast was necessary for further de.
velopments. This made an opening two
feet wide in the side of the basin, show
ing large cavernous hole, from which
proceeded a strong smell of OIL 1t was
some time before the men dared to enter,
being afraid of an explosion, but a safety
lamp was procured from an o.1 coal
miner, who also volunteered to explore.
He was gone but few moments when
he returned and called for a pail This
was furnished, and he re-entered the
cavern. When he came out he had the
pail full of the thin, yellowish oil, which,
free from dirt, was clear and translucid.
But a greater surprise was at hand.
There appeared to be something living in
the oil. Closer exam nation showed that
there were at least fifty small fish swim
ming about in the oil, as lively and I'M
concerned, apparently, as a speckled
trout in his native stream. The fish
averaged from an inch to two inches
long. They were of bright yellow
color, and without scales. They resem-
bled the fish of the river in Mammoth
Cave in that they had no eyes. In all
other respects save those mentioned they
were like the common minnow
Several pounds of this wonderful vari-
ETY. of the finny tribe were taken out. An
old Frenchman, who WIS once engaged
in the sardine fisheries off the coast of
France, prepared some of the fish for the
table, and declared them to lie equal to
the best sardines. Several scientific gen
tlemen are now Analysing and expert
menting with the oil, with a view of as
pertaining its value
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
The Printer.

There is printer in this town, says
the n. Y. Evening Sun, who has CON
tracted the habit of tarrying too long at
the bar. On pay days when he goes
into saloon he carefully places nine
tenths of his money in one pocket and
keeps the remainder handy in case he
meets friends. The other night he went
home in a condition which was some
what lamentable, in the opinion of his
wife. In his dazed and partially coma
tose state he distracted four silver dol
lars from his wages and hid them, so
that he should have small surplus dur
ing the week of which his wife would
be ignorant. On awaking in the morn
ing he had an indistinct remembrance
of having taken a timely precaution the
previous evening, but he could not re-
member where he had hidden the
money. He searched under the pillow.
ran his hand under the sheet, examined
the mattress, but his search was in vain.
"Did you see anything of a silver dollar
in my pockets e. said he to his wife.
"No, was the reply. "All the change
I got fro IN your pockets was Is cents. -
The printer reached under the bed to
get his shoes. As he pulled them out
there was slight jingle, which attract
ed his wife's attention. "What's that2"
said she,
"Oh, nothing" he replied.
Before he could interfere she grabbed
the shoe and turned it up on the table,
when four silver dollars rolled out. She
quietly picked them up and pocketed
them. Turning to him with whitening
look, she said:
"Here's 25 cents for you. When you
want any more come to me-"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
The Life-Saving Service.

The Government at Washington has
just issued the customary volume en-
bracing the acts and the progress of the
Life-Saving Service for the last official
year. The report is striking and valu-
able.
1t shows, to begin with, that at the
close of the time covered there were oil
life-saving stations upon our sea and
lake coasts; that 1913 disasters befell
documented vessels during the year;
that on board those vessels were 2,726
persons, and that 1853 were saved of
that number and 81 lost These statis-
tics of the immediate past are accom-
panied by vast collection of others of
a comprehensive and instructive char
acter.
A general summary of the latter
shows that since the introduction of the
present system, November l, 1871, to
the close of the fiscal year, June 80,
1886, the total number of disasters has
been 1886; the total value of vessels
wrecked, $39, 1873, 1876; the total value of
cargoes, $18, 643, 754; the total value,
therefore, of property involved, $685.
377, 249: the total value of property
saved, $41 ,449, 257; the total value of
property lost, SIC, 9279,9 the total
number of persons involved, 28,093;
and the total number of lives lost, 486
Herald
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
A Boomerang Joke:

While Mr.. G. B. Lewis on. QUAD of
the Detroit Free Prees, who has been on
q visit of a week to Eufaula, Ark, was
sitting in front of the st. Julien Hotel,
in conversation with a local newspaper
man, they were approached by stran-
ger from the country, who asked:
(Which is M. QUAD"
''This is, Mr. Lewis answered, point
ing with q smile to tie local newspaper
man.
"An right said the stranger, adj
dressing the Eufalan, ''L heerd you wuz
in town, an I've walked fourteen miles
ter day jist ter get er chance to lick
yer"
1t appears that the countryman had
once written a communication to M.
Quad, the plans and specifications of
which the humOrist criticised or made
fun of, and so won the countryman' s
lasting enmity. After the affair the
two scribes rescued their tall hats
from the sand, and arm in arm they
went up the street, while the coun-
tryman was recovered and detained long
enough to be fined 81 and costs for as
sault and battery. Mr.. Lewis left this af-
ternoon for Troy. Ala,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
Making an Ice Pond.

A supply of ice sufficient for a farm
or dairy ice house may easily be OBJ
tanned from pond made by damming a
stream for the purpose of raising sutfi-
cient area of water. AS forty cubic feet
of ice make q ton, and very common
thickness of ice is six inches, a space
ten by eight feet will yield one ton Of
ice, if it is six inches thick. A pond
then, one hundred by eighty feet, will
yield one hundred tons if of no greater
thickness than this. AS ice is usually
sold on the pond for one dollar per ton,
an ice pond will be found an excellent
investment in any dairy country. All
that is required is clear running stream
with low banks, bordered by flat bot
tom, across which dam may be thrown
to back the water up to the higher
ground on each side A dam must be
built upon sound principles, or it will
not retain water. The foundation must
be put on fresh solid ground, free from
stone, grass, or decaying vegetable mat
ter. The following method will be
found satisfactory: A trench three feet
wide is dug out on the line of the dam,
down to solid ground, clay or hard-pan.
A row of stakes is then driven in the
middle of the trench, reaching as high
as the intended dam, and tongued and
grooved, or otherwise tightly fitted
planks are nailed to these stakes. Solid
earth is then packed and puddled in the
trench, on both sides of the planks, and
the dam is then raised to the heigth de-
sired over this foundation. The slope
of the dam should be such as to make
six-foot dam, nine feet wide at the bot
tom on the inside, and six feet wide on
the outside, or fifteen feet in all. This
slope is needed to prevent leakage and
the washing down of the soil. The earth
for the dam may be dug out above the
dam from the intended pond. The house
for storing the ice must be constructed
with non-conducting walls, a dry fOun-
dation, and ample ventilation in the
roof An inexpensive ice-house may be
as effective, if properly constructed, as
the most costly one. So long as the
general principl are observed in the
construction of an ice house, everything
else is of secondary Importance. There
must be perfect drainage, and no adj
mission of air beneath; ample ventila-
ton and dryness above; and sufficient
non-conducting material for packing be-
low, above, and all around. Saw dust
is best, but oat, wheat, or buckwheat
chaff, cut straw or hay may be used
american AqriculturlSt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08

81 noticed" writes Mr.. J. II. Duncan,
from Kedmuir Hants, "a paragraph as to
Napoleon's heart quoted in your paper
two days ago, which l believe is incor-
rect. My grandfather Or. Duncan, of
RuthwelD knew intimately one of the
doctors in attendance on NapOleon-a
DR.. ArnOt-who was one of those en-
gagged in the embaming of the body. 1t
is quite true that the heart disappeared,
and great was the dismay of the doctors
to find the basin in which they had left
it quite empty and never trace of the
heart. At last a trace of blood on the
floor led them to rats hole, where was
the object of their search, too big to get
through. The addition about lambs
hearts being substituted is evidently an
establishment of the enemy.-I'dU Mall
T0zcffs
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
How He Arranged 1t.

A gentleman about to close his sum-
mer house at Nahant conceived what
he considered brilliant idea to insure
the daily personal inspection of every
room in his villa during the winter by
the old man in whose charge the estab-
lishment was to be left. Accordingly,
he said to the old man that he should
leave all his clocks, one in each room,
at Nahant during the winter, and he
desired that every one should be wound
up at regular hour each day. The old
man concurred in the plan with all his
heart, and promised he would not fail.
The house was closed. The owner
Dragged good deal about his scheme
for having every room guarded against
leaks, etc, during the winter, and came
to Boston. A week or two afterward
this gentleman thought he would take
O run down to Nahant and see how
things were going. When he arrived
there he found his man, who was very
glad to see him, and told him that he
had wound each clock faithfully as he
had directed. On entering the house
the two proceeded to the rear drawing
room, and the establishment of the
owner may be better irnaginined than
described when he saw ranged along III
q row his thirteen clocks, which the old
man had brought down to save himself
the trouble of going all over the house
every day. Boston Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
DO THE SYMPTOMS TALLY.
A Little Question About the Use of
ChIOrofOrm.

A writer of Home Knowledge says:
We often see it announced that burglars
entered house and after chloroforming
the inmates carried off money, jewelry,
clothing, ETC., and the statement is gen
orally accepted without question. 1t
is important to know that such q thing
is practically impossible, and that it is
about on par with ''taking the eye
out on the cheek, scraping it and re-
turning it to the socket, which many
intelligent persons will positively assert
was done to skh6ir knowledge.
We have had frequent occasions to
administer chlorofOrm to children pre-
paratory to performing operations, and
have attempted to have them be
gin the inhalation of it while in sound
sleep. The first smell of it has almost
instantly aroused the sleeping child,
and 1t is impossible to produce any eff
feet. The same is equally true with
adults-the first smell is irritating to
the air-passages and causes a strong
feeling of aversion that is sufficient to
awaken person from the soundest
sleep. The density of the vapor, the
strong, pungent Odor, and the irritation
caused by breathing chloroform at first,
combine to make it impossible for a
person topass from a natural sleep into
a state of an&sthesia. Again, a person
undergoing anHsthesia is certain in
most cases to become excited, to strug-
gle violently, talk loudly, and thus de-
feat the object for VIII Oh chloroform is
said to be used, and in many case ex-
treme nausea and vomiting ensue
Do these symptoms tally with the
stories of whole families being chloro-
formed and awaking as from natural
sleep, astonished to find the evidences
of burglars work on all sides!
When an empty chloroform bottle is
foud and the room is filled with fumes
of chloroform after some crime has been
committed, it at least suggests the pos
sibility of collision that demands a
closer examination than is usually given
to such cases. The testimony of physi-
clans who have had any experience in
the administration of anasthetics will
be found in opposition to the popular
belief as their use as aids in the perpe-
tration of crime, and it is time that the
question was settled by careful scien-
tific investigation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-08
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